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Arlington, Virginia, December 2^nd, 2008 - MergeGlobal, the financial and strategic consulting firm, announced today that Edward P. (Ned) Moritz has joined the firm as a Principal Advisor. Mr. Moritz will advise MergeGlobal's clients on matters related to the North American trucking and international multi-modal freight transportation industries.

Ned Moritz brings more than 30 years experience in the multi-modal freight transportation industry to the MergeGlobal team. During his 20-plus years as a corporate level executive at Con-Way, Inc., Mr. Moritz developed extensive expertise in marketing, pricing and operations in the North American trucking sector, and in particular the less-than truckload segment. He also has a deep understanding of multimodal freight transportation, having been instrumental in developing several new end-to-end multimodal product offerings during his career at Con-Way.

Prior to joining Con-way's predecessor companies, Mr. Moritz spent six years at the American Trucking Associations, the trucking industry's lobbying organization, where he advanced the trucking industry's interests in dealings with Interstate Commerce Commission, the U.S. Department of Transportation and the United States Congress.

A veteran of the US Air Force, Mr. Moritz received a bachelors degree in transportation and a MBA in finance from the University of Maryland.

MergeGlobal provides financial and strategic advisory services to investors, companies and other critical constituencies in the global transport and logistics industries. We combine financial expertise and extensive transaction experience with deep industry knowledge to create value for our clients.

Founded in 1993, MergeGlobal has completed hundreds of engagements in North and South America, Europe, Asia and the Middle East for some of the largest transport and logistics firms in the world, a number of smaller niche and regional businesses, and key suppliers to the industry. Our clients include leading air carriers, freight forwarders, containership lines, intermodal and trucking companies, transport infrastructure providers, transport equipment manufacturers and financial institutions. We also work extensively with leading private equity investors, and have advised on some of the largest logistics M&A transactions completed in the past 5 years.